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Fallout is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Fallout in other media
Fallout appears in the fourth season of The Flash, portrayed by Ryan Alexander McDonald. This version gained his powers after the Thinker tricked the Flash into exposing the former to dark matter. Due to his uncontrollable powers, Team Flash bring Borman to A.R.G.U.S. custody, but the Thinker kidnaps and turns him into a sacrificial power source for his "Enlightenment" satellite.
Variations of the character have been introduced in Batman #113 (February 1958) and Birds of Prey #112 (January 2008). In all instances the character is only identified as "False-Face" or by an alias while in disguise.
First Golden Age version
The first version seen was among the five small-time criminals hired by organizer Black Star. Along with his colleagues Captain Bigg, Hopper, Brain and Rattler, he staged a robbery at a city bank by disguising himself as a construction worker. False-Face drilled through a water main and used the pressurised escaping water to blast a hole into the bank. After he and his friends robbed the bank, they used a paddy wagon as their getaway vehicle while disguised as police officers. Under the orders of Black Star, False-Face was sent to New Orleans to rob riches from those sponsoring the Mardi Gras event. He and his henchmen disguised themselves as a Clown Krewe and insinuated themselves onto a parade float. This managed to attract the attention of Shining Knight who was in the area at the time. False-Face escaped, but his henchmen were apprehended. He then attempted to steal the Star Sapphire Gem from Mardi Gras organizer J.J. Ennis. To do this, False-Face disguised himself as a police detective and infiltrated Ennis' house. He once again fought against the Shining Knight, and briefly subdued him, but the Shining Knight escaped from False-Face's trap and defeated him. False-Face was then arrested by the police. At this point, it was discovered that the unpleasant face he usually presented was not false at all.[Comics 1] Much later, he confronts the Star-Spangled Kid.[Comics 2]
A different version dies in a confrontation with Captain Marvel, Jr.[Comics 3] While not the same character as created for DC, the publisher would later license and eventually purchase the characters and stories that Fawcett published. The material would be assigned to "Earth-S" within the continuity of the DC Universe.
Silver Age version
The late 1950s version of the character, created by an uncredited writer and Sheldon Moldoff, appeared once in Batman #113.[3]
Little is known of the Caped Crusaders' first meeting with the villain, but on their second chance encounter they found that he had impersonated a wealthy uranium tycoon named P.S. Smithington. As Smithington, False-Face robbed a Gotham City jewelry store, framing the true Smithington for the crime. Batman managed to rescue the actual Smithington, but was unable to recover the stolen jewels. At police headquarters, Commissioner James Gordon supplied Batman and Robin with information about the case and the two gave chase. This time, False-Face kidnapped rock star Wally Weskit during a charity benefit concert and concealed him in an elevator shaft. As False-Face assumed the form of Wally Weskit, his henchman Pebbles attempted to make off with the charity proceeds. Batman and Robin managed to prevent this, but False-Face and his gang escaped. The third time that False-Face struck, he impersonated a safari hunter named Arthur Crandall to get into the Gotham City's Explorer Club. While attempting to steal the club's Golden Tiger Trophy, Batman and Robin arrived and were on his heels again. He lured Batman towards a large water tank and managed to temporarily trap him, but the Dark Knight detective succeeded in outsmarting False Face and his men, apprehending the entire group in the process. False Face was taken to prison whereupon he soon retired from his life of crime.[Batman 1]
The late 2000s version of the character, created by Tony Bedard and David Cole, first appeared in Birds of Prey #112 (January 2008).[4]
She and White Star targeted Lady Blackhawk so that False-Face can take her place in Barbara Gordon's organization. Zinda managed to elude them with the help of her taxi driver Mahoud.[Batman 2]
False Face appears in Batman '66 #23, in which his real name is revealed to be Basil Karlo before he obtains a special formula that transforms him into Clayface.[5]
False-Face appears in the Batman Beyond episode "Plague", voiced by Townsend Coleman. This version has the ability to assume anyone's identity by altering his face, which he achieved through years of genetic manipulation and surgery. Kobra hires him to smuggle a deadly virus into Gotham City to infect its citizens and ransom the city, turning him into a carrier as backup. After running afoul of Batman and Stalker, False-Face attempts to evade the two, only to succumb to and die from the virus.
Fast Track (Meena Dhawan) is a fictional character in DC Comics. Created by Joshua Williamson, Paul Pelletier and Howard Porter, she first appeared in The Flash (vol. 5) #3 (September 2016), as Fast Track in The Flash (vol. 5) #5 (October 2016), and as the Negative Flash in The Flash (vol. 5) #35 (January 2018).
Dhawan is the director of S.T.A.R. Labs' Central City branch which is involved in training speedsters, such as Avery Ho and Ace West, and additionally possesses speedster abilities herself due to a Speed Force storm in Central City. She briefly dated Barry Allen while having encounters with Joseph Carver of Black Hole before being seemingly killed by Godspeed.[6]
However, Dhawan returns as the Negative Flash after being revived and powered by the Negative Speed Force and brainwashed by Gorilla Grodd, fighting Allen and Kid Flash.[7] Dhawan helped generate the Negative Speed Force storm as Black Hole's enforcer before being freed by Allen, helping restore Central City back to normal, and willingly surrendering herself to Iron Heights Penitentiary.[8]
Fast Track is among the speedsters that help to fight the Reverse-Flash and the Legion of Zoom.[9]
Fast Track in other media
Meena Dhawan / Fast Track appears in the eighth season of The Flash, portrayed by Kausar Mohammed.[10] This version is the CEO of Fast Track Laboratories who is in love with Eobard Thawne's amnesiac time remnant. The two create the Biometric Lightning Oscillation Chamber (BLOC) to grant her super-speed, though the device unintentionally connects her to the Negative Speed Force before Thawne and Barry Allen save her. Dhawan later helps Allen and Team Flash fight the Negative Forces.
Fauna Faust, commonly known as Fauna, is a supervillain published by DC Comics and debuted in the 1993 Outsiders series. She is daughter of Felix Faust and younger sibling of Sebastian Faust. Like her brother, she suffered abused from Felix and also had her soul sold, only gaining power to influence animals and the power to use magic without demonic assistance. She is also openly a lesbian.
She would become a member of Kobra Cult's elite strike force, the Strike Force Kobra and secretly work alongside her father as an enemy of both her brother and the second incarnation of the Outsiders superhero team while also being a secret confidante her father. During her time within Strikeforce Kobra, she entered a relationship with fellow supervillain, the fourth Synonide. She would meet her brother once more and the Outsiders and battles the team, losing her lover after Eradicator kills her. She is then called forth by her father and punished due to blowing her role as a surprise weapon against the Outsiders. She later assist her father in battling the Outsider though Felix is defeated and Fauna is free from the influences of her father.
Eventually, the character would reappear in DC Universe series, Raven: Daughter of Darkness. In this new continuity, she instead uses her magical talents for thievery. She is killed after an encounter with an evil force known as the "Shadow-Riders".[11]
Carl Ferris is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is the founder of Ferris Aircraft, an aerospace/defense manufacturer based out of Coast City. One of his best pilots, Martin Jordan (the father of Hal Jordan), was killed in an accident, which caused him great guilt. He is the father Carol Ferris who took over the company after he retired.[12]
Fever is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Shyleen Lao was a Chinese American member of the corporatized Doom Patrol formed by eccentric millionaire Thayer Jost.[13] Even after the team disbanded, Shyleen remained slightly active in the superhero community.[14] She, and several of her DP teammates, attended the mass for fallen and missing superheroes in the six part limited Infinite Crisis series. Then current members of Doom Patrol, Vortext, Nudge, and the ape-like Grunt, also appear on panel, standing near Shyleen and her friends. Shyleen's portrait is currently hung in Dayton Manor in remembrance of former Doom Patrol members.
Fever is later seen in a holding cell next to Miss Martian and Kid Devil as one of the brainwashed captives of the Dark Side Club. Miss Martian attempts to break her out, but Shyleen has already been brainwashed into loyalty.[15]
In Terror Titans #1, Fever is put into a match with the Ravager. Ravager wins and Fever is sentenced to death, but Ravager refuses. Fever was then slain by an unnamed operative of the Dark Side Club.[16]
Fever in other media
Shyleen Lao appears in the Titans episode "Doom Patrol", portrayed by Hina Abdullah. This version is an activist who was exposed to liquid nitrogen amidst an explosion and gained thermokinesis, which she can use to alter the temperature of her immediate surroundings. The Chief takes her in to help her control her powers.
Firehawk is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Lorraine Reilly
Lorraine Reilly, created by Gerry Conway and Pat Broderick, first appeared in The Fury of Firestorm #1 (June 1982). Her transformation into Firehawk was presented in The Fury of Firestorm #17 (October 1983). She is the daughter of United States Senator Walter Reilly. She is kidnapped by Multiplex on the orders of Henry Hewitt. Hewitt subjects her to experiments designed to recreate the accident that created Firestorm and Multiplex.[17] Dubbed Firehawk, she is used as a pawn against Firestorm. Over the course of The Fury of Firestorm, she becomes a supporting character and an intended romantic interest for Ronnie Raymond, one half of the composite hero. Later stories have her retiring from superheroics,[18] then entering politics and becoming a U.S. Senator. The Raymonds and Firestorm re-enter her life when Ed Raymond asks her to investigate Jason Rusch, the new Firestorm. As a result of that investigation, for a short time she becomes Rusch's "partner" in the Firestorm Matrix.
Second version
A second version of Firehawk later appeared as the Firestorm of France.[19]
The Fisherman's real identity has never been revealed. The character's modus operandi is mainly involved with stealing high tech equipment, then selling it on the black market.[21]
The concept and first character, created by Joe Greene and Stan Aschmeier, first appeared in All-American Comics #69 (November–December 1945) as a single-use thief in the Doctor Mid-Nite strip.[22] The name was reused for a single appearance character in Blackhawk #163 (August 1961),[23] and later for a character that became a recurring opponent of Aquaman.[24] Within the context of the stories, this latter Fisherman is originally presented as an international criminal specializing in the theft of rare objects and scientific inventions. He utilizes a high tech pressure suit, collapsible fishing rod, and gimmick "lures" in his crimes. While his identity is never revealed, enough is known about him for the Gotham City coroner to state that a man wearing a copy of his equipment that is killed in Gotham is not the same person who faced Aquaman.[25]
In his first encounter with Aquaman, the Fisherman uses an explosive lure on Aquaman, almost killing him, but Aquaman escapes on a blue whale.[26] The Fisherman returns many times to fight Aquaman, as well as Blue Devil.[27] The Fisherman confronts the canine Green LanternG'nort.[28] He appears in "Roulette"'s gladiatorial gamehouse.[29]
The Fisherman is one of the many supervillains to take advantage of the "villain-friendly" atmosphere of the fictional country of Zandia. He becomes involved in a large confrontation when the team of Young Justice leads a superpowered army against the country for various reasons.[30]
The attack is elaborated upon in the series Gotham Central. After a magical accident devastates Gotham, the villain goes on a rampage. Over the prone forms of other officers, the Fisherman confronts Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen. While strangling Allen, the Fisherman is shot dead by Detectives Marcus Driver and Josie MacDonald; Allen and Montoya survive. During an autopsy it is revealed that the dead man is not the original villain of that name.[31]
Xenoform
A new, more deadly version of the villain appears in Aquaman: Sword of Atlantis #48-49 (2007), written by Kurt Busiek. The Fisherman's helmet is revealed to be a xenoform parasite, a Lovecraftian alien that attaches itself to every incarnation of the Fisherman and uses telepathy to instill fear in its victims.[14]
Arnold John Flass is a corrupt police detective in Gotham who appeared in Batman #404 (February 1987).[32]
Then-Lieutenant Jim Gordon's partner upon his arrival in Gotham, Detective Arnold is in the pockets of drug dealer Jefferson Skeevers, crime boss Carmine Falcone and corrupt Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb. He is apparently murdered by the Hangman killer,[33] but had previously appeared in a story set years after the Hangman killings.[34]
Arnold Flass appears as a recurring character in Gotham, portrayed by Dash Mihok. This version is a narcotics detective who works with James Gordon and Harvey Bullock. In "Welcome Back, Jim Gordon", while investigating two murders, Bullock and Gordon suspect him as a corrupt cop involved in drug business. Gordon begs Oswald Cobblepot in helping the case, the latter agreeing by sending his henchman Gabe to find Flass's associate, the Narcotics Officer Derek Delaware. Gabe extorted him by threatening his wife to get information about Flass, eventually bringing Delaware's confession on tape and the murder weapon to Gordon, whom he arrests Arnold Flass for two murders. In "Everyone Has a Cobblepot", Flass is released from the murder accusations, revealed to be a work of police commissioner Gillian B. Loeb who blackmailed Bullock into exonerating Flass of the murder of Leon Winkler, which led to Flass being reinstated. Gordon and Bullock ask Oswald for help to enter Loeb's house to get his files. Gordon discovers Loeb's reason for releasing Flass: the connection with Carmine Falcone (which was claimed from Loeb's ex-partner Charlie Griggs) and the mental disease of his daughter Miriam, who killed own mother 20 years ago, in which Loeb fabricated the case, claiming that she died from falling the stairs in the house so that he could protect Miriam from being sent to Arkham. When Gordon confronts him in the office, Loeb wants to resign, but Gordon assures him to stay as a latter's leverage. In exchange for keeping Miriam's whereabouts as a secret, Gordon begs him to give a files of every cop being on Loeb's payroll for prosecutor Harvey Dent and that Loeb supports Gordon as a president of police union, but Loeb gives him Bullock's file. With enough evidence, Flass is presumably arrested and found guilty at trial.
Folded Man
Folded Man is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Edwin Gauss
The Folded Man was once Edwin Gauss, a physics student at M.I.T. looking to definitively resolve Albert Einstein's Unified field theory. After feverish effort, which includes the theft of proprietary software from electronics billionaire Norman Bridges, Gauss ultimately invents a method of interdimensional travel. He subsequently develops an exoskeleton which allows his physical form to move across at least four dimensions.[35]
An irate Bridges, who considers the exoskeleton Gauss developed (using Bridges' software) to be his own property, pursues Gauss to claim the technology for himself. Gauss reinvents himself as a costumed criminal named "the Folded Man". His new criminal career brings him into conflict with Wally West, the third Flash, although he has so far escaped capture.[35]
In 1883, a South African thief named Xolani became a conduit of the Speed Force where he gained the ability to contort his body into different shapes, flatten himself, phase through solid objects, and teleport by bending space-time for a certain period of time. It was through his space-time bending that he ended up in the present where he fought Flash.[37]
Folded Man in other media
The Edwin Gauss incarnation of Folded Man appears in The Flash episode "Lose Yourself", portrayed by Arturo Del Puerto. This version is a hippie who, among others, was exposed to dark matter after the Thinker tricked the Flash into doing so. Upon becoming a metahuman with dimensional travel-based abilities, Gauss is eventually targeted by the former and killed for his powers.
Force of Nature
The Forces of Nature are cosmic beings within DC Comics.
Speed Force
The Speed Force first appeared in The Flash (vol. 2) #91 (June 1994), and was created by Mark Waid. The Speed Force is an extradimensional energy source based around velocity and movement and is the (in-universe) representation of reality in motion as the very cosmic force that pushes space and time forward which is behind the abilities (superspeed, durability, etc.) for speedsters, such as Barry Allen, Jay Garrick, Wally West and other speedsters connected to the Flash, as well as utilizing the Black Flash as an enforcer to help keep the balance.[38]
The Negative Speed Force was created and utilized by Eobard Thawne to manipulate time drastically albeit with disastrous results which has been occasionally utilized by other speedsters as the Negative Flash.[42][43][44]
Negative Speed Force in other media
The Negative Speed Force appears in The Flash (2014). This version is the cosmic opposite which acts negative emotions and can possesses individuals, such as Nora West-Allen (portrayed by Jessica Parker Kennedy[45]) and Mark Blaine (portrayed by Jon Cor[46]). It's introduced in the fifth season where it's initially believed to be an alternate power source. However, it ultimately turns out to be a cosmic force wanting to disrupt the cosmic balance, appearing as the Negative Still Force in the eighth season after utilizing a time sickness to disable Deon Owens, Psych and Fuerza in order to acquire their abilities and acting through the Cobalt-27 crystal in the ninth season to possess several individuals across time as Cobalt Blue.
Forever Force
The Forever Force has the power to manipulate time which Hunter Zolomon used to control the flow of time while appearing as a speedster.[47]
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The Bride of Frankenstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She is adapted from the movie character of the same name.
Young Frankenstein is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Little is known about the origin of Young Frankenstein. At one point, Young Frankenstein was a member of the Teen Titans in-between the events of Infinite Crisis and One Year Later. A picture of him[50] clearly shows him as a younger version of the famous Frankenstein, another DC Comics character based on the famous monster and a member of the Seven Soldiers of Victory. What the connection is between the two has yet to be explained.
He finally made an appearance during the World War III event where he and the other Teen Titans tried to help stop a rampaging Black Adam. The group confronts the murderer at the Greek Parthenon. Zatara is badly injured. Young Frankenstein grabs Black Adam, who then rips off his arms. At that point the Titans leave their wounded to the care of rapidly approaching Greek authorities. Martian Manhunter, disguised as a medical worker, goes into Young Frankenstein's mind and learns that he is still alive and in great pain. Martian Manhunter soothes his mind, staying with him until his death.[51]
In the DC Infinite Halloween Special, Victor Zsasz revealed the final fate of Young Frankenstein in a tale called "...In Stitches". As his remains were being carried away in a helicopter, it was struck by lightning. His body was blown to bits, and the individual pieces began moving on their own, killing anyone in their path for new flesh. Young Frankenstein was finally able to pull himself back together in Albania and began walking on the bottom of the Ionian Sea with a need for revenge.
According to promotional materials for the new Terror Titans series, Young Frankenstein, whose final story is now revealed to be true and not a fabricated Halloween tale, is stated to be one of the imprisoned heroes forced to fight on the behest of the Apokoliptan gods on Earth in the Dark Side Club.[52] After being rescued from the club by Miss Martian, Young Frankenstein was offered a spot on the new Teen Titans roster, but declined.[53]
Young Frankenstein also appears in a pin-up drawn for the final issue of Teen Titans.[54]
Fuerza
Fuerza (Alexa Antigone) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Joshua Williamson and Rafa Sandoval, and first appeared in The Flash vol. 5 #59 (January 2019). She is an anarchist who is a conduit of the Strength Force to which she possessed super-strength, dimensional travel, size-shifting, and invulnerability. Fuerza encountered Barry Allen and Iris West while trying to free Corto Maltese (the South American nation) from a corrupt government by using a hidden community in the mountains as a lair. Fuerza and the Flash deal with the illegal weapons smuggler Cauldron equipped with a gun powered by the Sage Force until Fuerza disarmed the dictator as she lost control and transformed into her hulking form before being convinced by her mother to stop.[55] Fuerza and the Flash try to work with Steadfast, but first Psych ruins it and then retreats.[56]
Fuerza in other media
Fuerza, renamed Alexa Rivers, appears in The Flash, portrayed by Sara Garcia. This version is a medical volunteer who can shapeshift into a hulking humanoid form that possesses enhanced strength, speed, stamina, and durability and energy absorption. Introduced in the seventh season, she experiences difficulty controlling her abilities until she receives help from Caitlin Snow and Killer Frost. Afterwards, Rivers helps Barry Allen, Bashir Malik and Deon Owens subdue the Speed Force and restore balance to their world. In the eighth season, Rivers gets sick with a time sickness which results in the Negative Still Force stealing her likeness until she recovers.
The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1. Nicknamed "the Scarlet Speedster", all incarnations of the Flash possess "superspeed", which includes the ability to run, move, and think extremely fast, use superhuman reflexes, and seemingly violate certain laws of physics.
Kid Flash is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero The Flash. The first version of the character, Wally West, debuted in The Flash #110 (1959). The character, along with others like the first Wonder Girl, Aqualad, and Speedy, was created in response to the success of Batman's young sidekick Robin. These young heroes would later be spun off into their own superhero team, the Teen Titans. As Kid Flash, Wally West made regular appearances in Flash related comic books and other DC Comics publications from 1959 through the mid-1980s until the character was reinvented as the new version of The Flash.
Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics as the original Kid Flash and the third Flash. His power consists mainly of superhuman speed. The nephew of Iris West, he first appeared in Flash #110 (1959), which depicted his transformation into Kid Flash. Under the mantle of Kid Flash, Wally was depicted as a teenage sidekick to his uncle-by-marriage, Barry Allen, and a founding member of the Teen Titans. After Barry's death in Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985, Wally took on the role of the Flash in 1986, and was the main Flash in DC's lineup until Barry returned in The Flash: Rebirth in 2009. He would later return as the main Flash in 2021, as part of the Infinite Frontier relaunch.
"Infinite Crisis" is a 2005–2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books. The main miniseries debuted in October 2005, and each issue was released with two variant covers: one by Pérez and one by Jim Lee and Sandra Hope.
Copperhead is the name of several supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, mostly as enemies of the superhero Batman.
Gillian B. Loeb is a fictional character in the DC Universe who serves as an enemy to Batman's ally James "Jim" Gordon in DC Comics publications.
"One Year Later" is a 2006 comic book storyline running through the books published by DC Comics. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Universe following the events of the “Infinite Crisis” storyline, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many different comic books within the DC Comics range.
Jesse Chambers is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Chambers, who mainly uses the superhero name Jesse Quick and briefly Liberty Belle, is the daughter of Golden Age heroes Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle. She inherited both of her parents' powers of superhuman speed and super-strength, and, unlike other speedsters, is also capable of flight. She was initially a scholar of superheroes who was recruited into the Justice Society of America after aiding them. She is a longtime ally of The Flash, despite their often difficult relationship, and has been a core member of the Justice Society of America, Titans and Justice League.
Batman is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Geoff Johns (writer) and Andy Kubert (artist), he made his first appearance in Flashpoint #1. He is a hardened murderous version of Thomas Wayne seen in the alternate timeline comic Flashpoint (2011) whose son was killed instead of Martha Wayne and himself, eventually helping Barry Allen/The Flash defeat Eobard Thawne. His character returned to the main DC Universe in DC Rebirth as a revived amalgamation of his original self that was killed by Joe Chill and the Flashpoint version of Batman that was killed in "The Button", a storyline revolving around the "Smiley-face" button from Watchmen.
References
↑ Greenberger, Robert (2008). The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. Del Rey. p.133. ISBN9780345501066.
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